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New Update: I-95 Stretch Fully Reopens After Fiery Crash In CT Causes Days-Long Closure New Update: I-95 Stretch Fully Reopens After Fiery Crash In CT Causes Days-Long Closure
New Update: I-95 Stretch Fully Reopens After Fiery Crash In CT Causes Days-Long Closure This story has been updated. A stretch of I-95 in Connecticut has now fully reopened three days after a fire involving a tanker with 8,500 gallons of gas days earlier. Northbound lanes on the stretch in Norwalk reopened Saturday evening, May 4. Lanes opened on the southbound side reopened late Sunday morning, May 5, earlier than had been expected. The first image above was taken around 11 a.m. Sunday. The blaze broke out after a crash on Thursday, May 2 near exits 14 and 15 between the truck and a passenger vehicle at around 6 a.m.  The tanker fire was raging for…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Small Plane Clips Roof Of CT Home, Crashes Into Shed Small Plane Clips Roof Of CT Home, Crashes Into Shed
Small Plane Clips Roof Of CT Home, Crashes Into Shed Two people were injured after a small plane crashed into a Fairfield County shed wedged between two homes. The crash took place in Danbury around 6 p.m., Monday, April 10, in the area of 161 Southern Blvd., about three miles from Danbury Airport, the Danbury Fire Department reported. The single-engine Cessna 152 clipped the roof of a home and then crashed into a small shed on the side of the property, officials said. The plane wedged between the shed and the house.Danbury Fire Department A man and woman aboard were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. The National Transpor…

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by Kathy Reakes